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SANCTITY OF LIFE.
An aviator lost in the mountains lias held Amer
ica spellbound with anxiety. Sixteen air mail planes
give up their official routine to aid in the search.
He is found at last, safe and sound on a Wyoming
ranch. America gives a sigh of relief, almost as
thankful as if he had been a brother to all.
Such an incident, where the attention of a
whole nation is riveted on the fate of a solitary
man brings into prominence the value that is some
times placed on human life.
In a storm on Lake Superior a tug goes down
and the crew of twenty-seven men is missing.
Steamers abandon the routes of traffic to hunt for
these lost men. At last all but four of them are
rescued from n bleak and barren island. “Search
for the missing four is being continued," a brief
wireless message reports.
How could the sanctity of human life be better
emphasized? In the conflict of man with nature,
the hopes of all, whether participants or spectators,
are pinned on man. It is as if civilization were in
constant warfare with the elements.
Yet how different it is in the more ordinary
course of life. United mankind stands against the
outside world of nature. Loyally it fights to con
quer the air, the waters and the depths of the land*
But in the struggle with its own inner nature it
has made no such progress. Man is his own worst
enemy, oftentime losing the advantage of his
triumph over the elemental forces by dissension
within his own camp. In spite of the intense sym
pathy with the victims of a shipwreck or a fallen
tlyer, still in some ways flesh and blood is neid the
cheapest thing in the world.
On the same day that the newspapers printed
the story of those rescues, is an account of two
youths who confessed to wrecking a train. After
the derailment it. was their plan to rush in and rob
the mail car. “They expected the engineer, fire
man and trainmen in the baggage and mail cars
would be killed or badly hurt, and that they would
meet with no opposition."
Does not the existence of such moral callous
ness in mere boys contrast strangely with the uni
versal interest in the fatp of those missing sailors
and the lost aviator? Yet it is probable that they
as well as the rest of the public were thrilled and
touched by the faraway struggle with death.
Down in southern Illinois there are five men on
trial for the death of a score of miners who were
shot down in cold blood.
Over in Iowa a former soldier has confessed to
the murder of two persons.
In \ irginia three men are dead as the result
of a quarrel over a flock of turkeys.
ft is not only in anger or passion that life is
held so cheap. Carelessness takes a heavy toll, too.
In a single year 76,000 lives are snuffed out by
accidents, many of which could have been pre
vented. In Norfolk, Neb., a motorist has just run
down and killed a man. A baby lies dead in Omaha,
the victim of a rifle in the hands of a boy of 12.
On the same day a street car ran into a little girl,
and a motorist here ran down a boy. A track la
borer at Blair died beneath a train. Seven were
hurt in a wreck near Biston. Accidents in indus
try take a heavy toll. s
Such casualties of every day life are too com
mon. ^ et their frequency should stimulate, not
dull the public sensibility. Reckless motorists who
make the streets a peril arc only a symptom of
the universal wastefulness of human life. Some
how. a new regard for the sanctity of life must be
instilled. Carelessness which exposes one’s self or
others to injury must he eliminated. The life on
a street in Omaha is as precious a thing as a life
at sea or in the clouds. Let us remember the words
of the poet:
A sacred burden is this life ye bear;
l«ook on it. lift It. bear it solemnly.
Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly.
Kail not for sorrow, falter not for sin.
Rut onward, upward, till the soul ye w in
SCANDAL AND THE "MOVIES."
“Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou
shall not escape calumny,” said Hamlet to Ophelia,
and he uttered a sad truth. Humanity dearly loves
to deal in gossip, and lightly handle reputations.
How many people are killed by slander, idle and
thoughtless, will never he known.
A ease in point is that of Wallace Held, moving
picture comedian, who is said to he at. the point of
death at his home. His attending physician says
Reid is suffering from the effects of a reinfection
by flu; the tattler* of Hollywood say he has broken
down because of his excessive indulgence in nar
cotic drugs. Reid's wife and mother deny this; they
do not deny that he attended some of the orgies that
have been complained of, but insist he was not an
addict.
Will H. Hays says Reid is a sick man, no matter
what the cause, and requires medical care and ten
der nursing, and not condemnation; and if his ill
ness is because of indulgence in drugs, he deserves
to be helped back to health, mental and bodily, that
he may be once more useful.
And an unverified but circumstantial account
says that recently a committee prepared a list of
117 names of those who would have to be dropped,
if the moving picture industry' is to be cleaned from
the inside, and "Wally” Reid's name topped the list.
Reid eliminated himself by an earnest effort to re
form, which led to the breakdown, but 116 other
potential scandals remain. •
All of which causes the ordinary mortal to won
der how much of the talk has foundation, and how
much is the result of malice, envy or just idle gos
sip. For Wally Reid this may be said: Hi* plays
were always of a high order, clean and wholesome,
with a popular quality of humor that made him a
favorite with millions. These will be very slow to
believe him a debauchee, and will earnestly hope
that he be restored to life and health. When he is
strong enough to work again will be time to tell
how deep the acid of scandal has corroded the splen
did reputation that waa his.
ONE CHILD’S CHRISTMAS.
He is an only child and has been taught to be
lieve in Santa Claus, for he is only 8. Yet even
at that age the little fellow has a well developed
conscience. Deceit is neither a part of his vo
cabulary nor general make-up. His peraistent but
innocent questions arc propounded in order to ob
tain real facta; yet they gave his victim "that
guiltiest of feeling.’’ even though veracity is his
must predominant characteristic, for this precocious
youngster always detects the slightest variation
i from truth.
This same "kiddie" is sent to the store on an
errand and forgets not only to come home but what
he is sent for. When brought to task he is so peni
tent and explains so seriously that he saw a little
electric train, a steam engine, a "B. B.” gun and
a radio Rex, and he is sorry, but forgot everything
else; and these words fairly tumble over each other,
“ N I’m going to write a letter to Santa ’n ask him
to bring every one of 'em." And he knows Santa
will do it, for isn’t that what Santas are for? The
next day a blotted little letter is dispatched
to Santa Claus, and everything on that list must be
remembered, else that precious boy will lose faith
in the good old myth.
As daddy enters the toy shop he feels the joy
of the Christmas spirit. A vision of his own son’s
innocent face is before him and, mingled with that
is another vision of that other babe of the long
ago. These words come to him: “Inasmuch as ye
| did it unto the least of these," and his memory takes
him to an unused attic where discarded toys are
accumulating from year to year. From these
| thoughts is generated the doubt as to whether he
is allowing his only chjld to feel the real joy of
the Christmastide. He realizes now that the great
est happiness is found in giving, not in receiving.
He is not only robbing his naturally unselfish, son
of the greatest joy of Christmas, but is warping
his generous nature.
Thfe Christmas there is no myth, but the true
story of the Christ child, and instead of being sur
feited with toys, this little boy is taken in as a real
pal and is going to experience the real joy of giv
ing to those less fortunate.
IT REALLY WAS OMAHA'S MINT.
Robbery of the Denver mint revives a memory
of days before there was any such institution. In
the late 80s John A. McShane, then member of
congress from the First Nebraska district, evolved
the notion of having a branch mint located at
Omaha. He already had taken up the matter of
making Omaha a port of entry, which move was
promptly countered by the congressman from
Council Bluffs, who had that town also designated
as a port of entry. The mint question went over,
and finally, when Mr. Bryan was elected to con
gress, it was taken up again. Council Bluffs im
mediately renewed the talk of putting a mint there,
and the question was solved by eventually locating
the mint at Denver.
Something of historic interest attaches to it
there, for it stands on the site of VLa Veta Place,”
the first self-contained apartment house built in the
west, if not in the United States. It was erectecj
by the late H. A. W. Tabor, sometime senator from
Colorado, and postmaster at Denver under McKin
ley. Tabor devoted a number of his millions to the
task of beautifying Denver; a magnificent hotel, a
wonderful opera house, two splendid business
blocks, and then the Aladdin's dream of homes of
luxury and splendor was realized in La Veta Place,
This was deeded to Mrs. Tabor as part of her set
tlement when she was divorced by her husband.
When the federal government bought it as a site
for the branch mint its glory had departed, and it
was a rather shabby row of tenements, surrounded
by business houses, instead of being the crown of a
suburban section.
The robbery itself is recorded as the most dar
ing ever committed in Denver. Harking back to
the days of Tabor’s greatness, one thinks of
Soapy ’ Smith and a few others, who operated iq
the Colorado metropolis. Their methods were not
so brusque or boisterous, but they were quite as
efficient, and some of the hauls they made might
compare proportionately with the loot of the mint.
And, if the account of the escape is correct, the
fleeing robbers must have awakened some of the
jackrabbits Martin Dennis Corrigan once apos
trophized in a meeting of the city council on the
banks of Cherry creek.
This in turn recalls the fact that Davis H.
Waite, "Bloody Bridles,” while governor of Colo
rado, once made the supreme court take hurried
action by training the guns of the Denver battery
of artillery on the city hall and declaring that at
a certain hour he would bombard the building if
the deposed police board did not clear out.
In fact, quite a bit of history is stirred up by
the episode of the daring robbery at the front door
of the mint that might have been Omaha's.
j _
Inasmuch as Henry J. Allen will soon retire
; flom tlle office of governor, his address to the klan
may not give the hooded brethren nearly as much
concern as what Farmer Davis is thinking behind
his dosed mouth.
• --———
j Another question that keeps coming up in the
< m*nd is, "How did the bandits know the exact time
the money van was to leave the front door of the
Denver mint?
Maryland’s governor complains that the federal
government is invading the state again. But Mary
land ought to be accustomed to it by this time.
Mr. Bryan's Alertness
--From the Washington Star.
Mr. Bryan is alert—keeps his eye steadily on the
gun. Whenever questions unusually interesting are
in hand or under informal discussion on Capitol Hill
ho manages to ‘'make'1 Washington for a call or a
brief visit.
He lias just paid us a call, spent a day on the hill
conferring with friends and exchanging banter with
opponents, and passed on to the balmier Florida. He
is ever and always a welcome visitor.
Something new in the way of gossip about Mr.
BO'«n has grown out of the statement that Mr. Norris
of Nebraska does not desire another term in the sen
ate. and may not care even to fill out his present
term.
This question is asked: If Mr. Norris were to
resign, would Brother Charles, who becomes governor
of Nebraska January 1, appoint Brother William to
the vacancy? .
Two things would appear to make this unlikely.
Brother William is now a Floridian—so much so his
name has tien canvassed in connection with a sena
torshlp in the Peninsula state.
A . in the oull hamper him—tie him
down to a job. He is at his best foot-loose—at
liberty to go here. and yi - ler as the h nor
strikes him. .• the political situation seems to call.
He is nit associable w. h the hur drum the routine,
the eve..-day. what you pleare. As a "rover” h i plays
the game with great zest, and should not be dlffer
entl : d. He serves himself and his party best
in that capacity.
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from other newspapers—
Now and Then Wilh Salaries and
Savings.
i From the Wyoming 3tm» Tribune
| The other day four Cheyenne men
] discussed frankly their early life and
I early struggles. Each has attained
I i position of business and social
t prominence. In fact, it might be said
1 that all have succeeded to a marked
j degree. Yet. each one for years after
j lit was through school and earning a
living made less than $75 a month.
One had earned $70 on his first regu
lar job; another had earned $60. a
third $60, and the fourth $50. The
man who earned $66 supported his
wife, gate Jo a month to tho church
and saved $7 a Month. The man who
er'tied $70. said he saved $30 a month.
And the man who earned only $60.
though married, managed always to
pay cash and gradually Improved his
position and earning capacity until
today he Is one of the leading busi
ness men of Wyoming, his activities
covering many parts of the state.
All admitted, of course, that condi
tions have materially changed, hut
with the exception of house rent, they
stated that there was but little more
than twice the difference in the price
of necessities. But the list of luxuries
of the nay have materially multiplied,
and many of these luxuries are con
sidered necessities in the modern fam
ily. particularly the automobile and
the picture show. The average wage
is nearly three times as great as 30
years ago.
Each stated that he had opened a
bank account and saved a few dollars
per mirth on a minimum salary and
vet today in Cheyenne it is known
tho! there are hundreds of men earn
ing firm $150 to $230 a month, who
do not have a bank account.
It was stated that the em
ployes of more than one firm, earn
ing wages averaging nearly $50 a
week which they receive weekly on
tjaturdajs, send their checks in one
envelope to a bank Saturday after
noon to be cashed and have done that
regularly for years.
The statement was also made that
a surprising number earning about
the same wages cash their checks on
Saturday night at a great variety of
stores and places and have never es
tablished an acquaintance at a bank.
The bankers say this Is not the case
to any extent with the women wage
earners. Most of them have opened
a bank account.
As New Year approaches it would
seem opportune and worth while for
employers to urge upon their em
ployes the wisdom of opening a bank
account because it promotes saving,
teaches business methods, provides'
a check receipt for bills paid anil es
tablishes for the depositor an
acquaintance which may mean credit
when he needs it.
One View of the ( ode.
from the Hay Springs News.
The fact Is that the code hill has
nothing to do with the tax levying. It
only operates as a budget system of
making estimates of amounts re
quired for the necessary levies and
brings the work within a group of
officers instead of leaving all depart
ments to a class who are interested
in nothing but their salary. It any
thing, as in the case shown, it has a
tendency to reduce taxes. If the
code system would be allowed to stand
we believe even the democrats, out
side of the political element, would
eventually acknowledge that it is all
right.
Terrifying Etiquet.
From the Tacoma News-Herald.
With all due gratitude to the com
pilers >and publishers of books on eti
quet, a humble representative of the
struggling public feels like uttering
one wail of complaint. Cnnnot the
advertisers of these life-saving works
present their volumes without throw
ing such abject fear into the hearts
and minds of eligible readers'.'
One may have partaken of the
pleasing olive—both green and ripe—
for many years; one may have ridden
countless miles on Pullman cars; one
may have dropped daily forks in
restaurants, or even accepted intro
duction with untutored self-assur
ance, without ever knowing oneself
ridiculous, conspicuous or a boob.
Yet. when asked sudden and personal
questions about these matters from
the almost human pages of an adver
tisement of a book on etiquet. tlie
hypnotized reader gazes at the words
in awed fascination, and the mischief
is done.
From that day on. his banquets and
travels 'and social activities are
l haunted by the fear that he’s going
to slip up on some little trickery con
vention. Sooner or later, as the
psychologists warn him on other ad
vertising pages, his marvelous pow
ers of concentration will lead him to
perform the very acts he has been
dreading.
A now problem arises. Should he
purchase the six weeks’ course in prac
tical psychology and acquire poise and
etiquet by overcoming this fear
thought, or should he end it all by
buying the handy etiquet volumes and
learning all the rules therein with the
help of a de luxe memory course?
Some one should write a book to
i guide the public. In this matter.
\\ ho Khali Rule*
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Speaking at Lake Charles. La., a
member of the Ku Klux Klan, in full
regalia, a few clays ago told a great
n.udlence:
"We have come at a. time when the
I principles of Americanism, as defined
by the Ku Klux Klan, must be ac
cepted by everyone, and they will be
accepted by everyone In this state, for
we will force it by the battle of the
ballot."
All great questions in this coun
1 try properly should he settled by the
ballot, with the understanding, al
ways, that the ballot shall represent
the free expression of individual judg
ment, he a ballot undisturbed by un
due coercive influence.
The principles of Americanism usu
ally are espoused and supported by
electoiSs who are not afraid to expose
their faces, who make use of no se
cret conclaves in the furtherance of
their purposes, who invite the fullest
publicity in their controversies, who
recognise the laws, federal and state,
as supreme and sufficient in them
selves to preserve orderly govern
ment.
By virtue of what right does the
Ku Klux Klan of Louisiana assume
to define the principles of American
ism? By virtue of what right does
it assume to take over the civil and
political control of a sovereign state
of this union, as Governor Parker
charges it with seeking to do?
There Is no room in America for
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dual government, super government,
or for any subsidiary government
which may conflict with tlie constitu
tion and tend to disrupt the tradi
tional principles and practices of a
political and religious tolerance which
nave made this nation justly famed
throughout the world.
The situation in Louisiana, as dis
closed In recent press reports, is both
deplorable ami ominous. The Inter
jection of religious questions directly
into politics never has been counten
anced in America and never should
be.
Recent troubles in Kansas, Texas,
Oklahoma and Oregon indicate the
trend of a movement sinister In its
potentialities for evil. American
principles we stand by. We all are
for separation of church and state,
all for free schools, free speech, free
press. These blessings are guaran
teed by the Federal Constitution. They
have the sanction and support of the
law. They have been justified in the
experience of the people. They need
no invisible support from any Invisi
ble. arrogant authority. No secret
order, no matter what its plans, pres
tige or purpose may be, should have
the power in this country to name its
Judges, governors, senators, presi
dents. or to direct the enactment and
enforcement of its laws. This peo
ple still nuiy be trusted to conserve
and support democratic principles,
and they can do that without the
mumming disguise afforded by a pil
low' slip, a night gown and a mask.
A Book o) Today
THE FIGHTING HUGE, by William M*o
l.eorl Ralnc. Bought on-MIfflln com
pany.
If you enjoy a gripping western
story, with the benign and the malign
elements thrown into strong con
trast, and a compelling love Interest
dominating the plot, you will not he
disappointed In Mr. Raine's new book.
In the class of fiction where it right
fully belongs, It is a worth-while
book.
Mr. Itaine, who was a newspaper
man in Denver for a period of years,
traveled widely through the great
western country for the material he
has used in writing a series of in
teresting and entertaining western
books.
"The Fighting Edge” tells us about
Bob and June, and also tells us that
love will find a way. Bob is a youth,
‘timid in the first instance, but who
develops innate traits of courage and
determination. The hero of the story
finds himself after many vicissitudes
ami all on account of June. The young
woman of the story is "a trifle in the
great scheme of things, only a poor
ragged girl from the hack country, the
daughter of a convict, poor hill trash,
as she had once heard a woman of
Glenwood whisper.” But June emerges
from her lowly estate. Jake Houck,
the villain of the plot, meets the fate
he deserves. Bud Hollister is a cojy
boy with a. heart as true as steel.
For the children there is no gift
with more solid pleasure than a good
book. The following publications are
all that could be asked from the
standpoint of beauty and interest—
truly a preferred list:
"Two Begs," by Carl Ewald, the
great Danish naturalist: a delightful
story-history of mankind. Published
by Stokes.
"Blackboard the Buccaneer,” by
Ralph D. Paine, with illustrations by
Frank E. Schoonover. The Penn
Publishing company.
“Though the Cloud Mountain,” by
Florence Scott Bernard, with eight
illustrations in color by Gertrude
Kay. The story of Jan, who meets
Mary and Her Bamb, Alice of the
looking glass. All Babab gnd all the
other characters of juvenile fiction
in a series of wonderful adventures.
Published by Bippincott.
"The True Story of the United
States." by Elbridge S. Brooks: pro
fusely illustrated. Bothrop, Bee &
Shepard Co.
"The Teenie Weenies: Under the
Rosebush.” story and pictures by
William Donahey, who has made these
characters well known to readers of
The Omaha Bee. Published by the
Reilly & Bee Co.
“The People’s
Voice”
Editorials from readers of The Morning
Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee
are invited to use this column freely
for expression on matters of public
interest. ,
Against Sorting rotators.
Alliance, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: I want to answer a
statement published December 12 in
regard to potato misers favoring the
compulsory grading law, by * I.eo
Ktuhr, late secretary of agriculture,
at a meeting of the Potato Improve
meat association at Alliance. The
Potato Improvement association here
consists of about 2 per cent of the
growers In this county and they are
connected with buyers and shippers
of potatoes. This is the bunch that
favors a compulsory grading law. As
It appeared In the article of December
12, all growers were in favor of it.
That is a mistake. The members of
the Potato Improvement association
all arc for the law, but they are such
a small number they ure not to be
recognized at all when compared to
the potato growers in this county.
Another item .Mr. Stuhr forgot to
mention is that potato growers of
this county and adjoining counties
have a petition before the coming
legislature, signed by 95 per cent of
the growers, for the repeal of the
state grading law' altogether. This
law is a curse and disgrace to (lie
potato growers of the state of Ne
braska. It is an infringement on
the rights of the American people,
growers Apd consumers alike. Last
year were thousands of bush
els of good, mtable potatoes went to
waste on account of this grading law.
This law cost the growers of this
county at least $75,000 In cold cash
by grading our potatoes. This year
there are thousands of bushels of
good eatable potatoes that never
were dug out of the ground on ac
count of the grading law. If the peo
ple of Nebraska will wake up nnd
make a demand on their representa
tives we can get rid of this curse of a
law against the potato growers.
What hurts the grower hurts the
consumer. If any of those high col
lar, high salaried agriculture men
had the interests of the potato grow
ers in their hearts they would not
be for this grading law. That is
what they are doing—cutting the
growers’ throats nnd lining the pock
ets of the shippers and speculators.
The time Is at hand when people
will rise up and demand just laws,
laws that have common sense, not
such crazy radical laws as the state
potato grading law. l,f any of those
high collar agriculture men want
to answer this, just tire away. I
will be there with the goods to prove
every statement I have made.
LEO KASTNEIt, Jr.
I ncle Sam Bigger Than Bootleggers.
Blair. Neb—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Mr. John Davidson’s let
ter in The Omaha Bee is just a little
amusing. I wonder if he thinks he is
“Some pumpkins?" Possibly, when he
leads this squib, he will think the
writer is a squash, and possibly he is
worse. Not this wisdom: “The fact
that we spend $10,000,000 of the peo
ple's money In an effort to enforce
this law also confirms the fact that
no law is worth its room on the stat
ute books unless it can be enforced
and upheld by the duly constituted
Police powers of the state and city."
Why not repeal the law against hold
ing up a man for his money? That
law does not prohibit. The papers are
loaded to the brim with stories of
robbers in action. Many other crimes
are common, but, of course, the com
mon herd of bootleggers is different.
We will just say to these fellows, "Go
to It. boys, you are too big for Uncle
Sam.” A. SQUASH.
Attacks Rural Education,
Central City. Neb.—To the Editor
of The Omaha Bee: I see in the
Saturday Bee some one says the
public "School teachers of today are
not efficient and advises more pay
that they may be better teachers.
But few’ think we have any better
schools or turn out a better product
for life's work than we did 20 years
age when teachers' wages were one
third what they are today.
Tuition is 400 per cent higher with
no better results. All of this extra
Money to Loan on
Omaha Real Estate
Present Interest Rate
Charge Is
6%
I lor Christmas]
L. E. Waterman Company, 191 Broadway, N. Y.
Chicago
Boston
San Francisco
Wotta Life! Wotta Life!
WU.lW<li
expense must be paid out of farm
products at about the same price as
then. On many fine farms now the
rent will scarcely pay the tax. A
common school teacher income Is far
more than the average income of a
quarter section farm, and the farmer
must shell out for taxes and the
teacher go free.
Why shouldn’t education that helps
to earn more money help to pay
taxes? The way It is now you must
be the source and foundation of all
public expenses If you are unlucky
enough to own some dirt or land,
even if it doesn’t bring in a cent, I
believe It would be just for the tax
to he paid out of the Income, or at
les st half of it.
Not one boy has come back to the
farm in this school district since
the free high school law was enacted.
What Is tlte use when they can earn
three or four times as much in
town? Young folks now are looking
for snaps. They scarcely ever ask
for work any more. I, for one, am
getting sick of such waste of money.
W. B. H.
CENTER SHOTS.
Pol a Negri’s movie contract. It is
revealed, requires that she remain
single. She still retains her consti
tutional right to lose her Jewelry,
however.—Philadelphia North Amer
ican.
Somebody intensely interested in
the external application of water
asks; “Do wo bathe too much?" The
obvious answer is: "Not unan
imously.”—Kansas City Journal.
Eighteen feebleminded wards of
Ohio have Just been found mining
coal In Pennsylvania. Nobody feeble
minded or faint-hearted ever goes
Into the operating or trading end of
the coal Industry.—Host on Traveler.
Europe seee dire results of our Iso
lation, and certainly we are getting
pretty klanish.—Philadelphia North
American.
"One-minute Wedded Wife Asks for
Divorce.” Too bad she didn't think
of it one minute sooner.—Philadelphia
Record.
Down! Down! Down!
Financial authorities say that interest rates on prime
securities will go lower than they have been in
50 years.
Why not buy first mortgage real estate bonds
running one, five or ten years and thus protect your
investments?
We offer a limited amount of 7% bonds secured by
first-class downtown business property—new build
ings earning high rentals. Denominations, $100,
$500, $1,000. Owned and recommended by
Home Builders, Inc.
Ask us for full description of property pledged on
each issue of bonds. None better.
Call and see u«.
American Security Company
BROKERS
18th and Dodge Streets
Omaha, Nebraska
CHRISTMAS
The Store With
the
Christmas Spirit
Gifts of Music and Art
Everyone has a natural love for mu
sic and art. And at Christmas time
one s thoughts naturally turn to
music and art, for they harmonize
with the Christmas spirit.
You have on your list members of
the family or friends who would ap
preciate your thoughtfulness in se
lecting such gifts.
Let us suggest that you visit our
store tonight or tomorrow, or any
day this week, and we will assist
you in selecting just the kind of
gifts you want at the price you
want to pay
ivnjoop? do.
1513-15 Douglas St.
